Cancer Care- Controlling Diarrhea
A common side effect of cancer and cancer treatment is diarrhea. This is when you have loose, watery stools or pass stool more often than usual. To help limit this problem, try these tips.
A common side effect of cancer and cancer treatment is diarrhea. This is when you have loose, watery stools or pass stool more often than usual. To help limit this problem, try these tips.
Difficulty passing stool (constipation) is a common side effect of chemotherapy and pain medicine. It can also occur if you're not getting enough exercise and nourishment. These tips can help.
Your heel is the back part of your foot. A band of tissue called the plantar fascia connects the heel bone to the bones in the ball of your foot. When you feel pain in the bottom of your heel, the plantar fascia may be inflamed.
When a nerve in the ball of the foot becomes pinched, it swells and becomes painful. The painful, swollen nerve is called a neuroma.
As you recover from breast surgery, your doctor will tell you when it is safe to begin exercising, what kind of exercises you should do, and how much exercising you should do.
As you recover from breast surgery, your doctor will tell you when it is safe to begin exercising, what kind of exercises you should do, and how much exercising you should do.
Learn how the lungs get air into and out of the body.
Use these resources to help you learn about radiation therapy.
Emphysema is a type of lung disease. It limits the movement of air into and out of your lungs, making it harder to breathe.
Hands are made up of more bones and moving parts than most other areas of the body. Learn more, along with helpful diagrams.